tfa9ed تفقد
Tunisian Derja · verb
“tfa9ed” (تفقد) is a verb in Tunisian Derja meaning to check, to inspect.
Meanings
- to check, to inspect
- to check on someone
Usage
Tfa99ed, or tfa99ad, means "to check" or "to inspect", and is often used in the imperative: tfa99ed el 3ajeli, "check the tires", tfa99ed jibek, "look in your pocket". It is also said of people, in the sense of "to check on" or "to visit to see how someone is doing": tfa99ed ommek. In the present tense, one says ytfa99ed. The corresponding noun, tfa99od, means "inspection, check". It can be confused with yef9ed, "to lose", which belongs to a more literary register.
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “tfa9ed” but also “tfa99ed”, “tfaked”, “tfa9ad” and “tfakkad”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 9 is qaf (ق), a k pronounced at the back of the throat.